Car-coupling



(No Mocwel.)

J. A. FLEMING.

GAR GOUPLING. A No. 408,606. Patented Aug. 6, 1889;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VJAMES FLEMING, OF HOOPESTON, ILLINOIS.

CARACOUPLING.

VSPECIFICALION forming part of LettersPatent No. 408,606, dated August 6, 1889. Application filed May l, 1889i Serial No. 309,198. (No model.)

' To all Loh/omit may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JAMES A. FLEMING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoopeston, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in (Jar-Couplers;`

and I do declare the following to be, a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

Asuch as will enable others skilled in the art to for uneoupling the cars.

The improvement consists of the peculiar construction and combination of the parts, which Will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in theannexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a top plan'view of the adjacent ends of two cars, showing the application of the coupling by full lines and the operation ofthe same by dotted lines, one of the drawlbars being shown in horizontal section to show the internal construction and relative arrangement of the coupling-hook and releasing-plate`. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the coupling. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lever, showing its yielding capabilities by dotted lines.

The draw-bar A is connected with the car in the usual way, and is p-rovided with the throat a for the reception of the ordinary link, and with the vertical opening a for the, insertion of the common' pin.

The coupling-hook C is pivotally attached to one side of the draw-bar by the pin c, and

p its front end is held in position for coupling by means of the spring D, which is a wire having its ends coiled around the ends of the pin c and inserted in the draw-head, and having its middle portion d bent out and adapted to bear against the outer end of the hook C. Y

The releasing-plate E, pivoted at its rear the car to be coupled.

end to the draw-bar, is connected bythe link e with the rear end of the coupling-hook, so that when the rear end of the hook C is drawn 'in its outer end lthe outer end of the releasing-plate is thrown outward to uncouple the cars. The releasing-plate E is located just in therear of the lateral extension F.

The lever G, pivoted between its ends, is connected by wire g with the hook C, and is yielding at each end, so it can be pressed in in engagement with one of the notches h in the keepers I-I, one keeper being provided for each end of the lever.

Each end of the car will be similarly equipped, the parts being so disposed that the hook C on one ear will come directly opposite the lateral extension F on the end of When the cars are run together, the hooks C on each will engage with the vlateral projections F of the other. To uncouple the cars, the lever G is operated to retract the inner end of the hook C, which will effect an outward movement of the outer end of the releasing-plate and the outer end of the said hook C. The movement of the releasing-plate E disengages the hook C of the adjacent car at the same time the hook of the car coupled therewith is released, as will be readily coinprehended on reference to Fig. l.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a car-coupling, the combination of the draw-bar having a lateral projection F at one side, the releasing-plate E on the same side of the draw-bar as projection F, the hook C, pivoted between its ends to the side of the 4 IOO a, vertical opening ct', and it lateral extension F, the coupling-hook C, pivoted to the drawbar between its ends, the releasingpmte E, connected by link e with the hook C, the spring D, the operating -lever G, and the notched keepers H, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAS.' A. FLEMING.

Vitnesses:

VILLIAM P. PEIRCE, JAMES A. CUNNINGHAM. 

